Joining with other top-25 lists following the results of who returned to school. Jeff Goodman at FoxSports has Georgetown #6, Louisville #8, Marquette #10, Pitt #12, Villanova #21 and ND #24

Sure, the Panthers will lose 7-foot senior Aaron Gray. But Jamie Dixon still has a pair of experienced starting guards in Keith Benjamin and Ronald Ramon — as well as Mike Cook on the wing and Sam Young at power forward. The key will be whether Tyrell Biggs can step in and replace Gray in the middle. Big freshman DeJuan Blair will also help ease the loss of Gray.

He also adds Syracuse in the “10 on the verge.” I think the ‘Cuse are getting lowballed a bit after writers let Boeheim convince them that Paul Harris was going to blow up as a freshman. Syracuse has a lot of incoming talent, but still lost a lot of leadership and upperclass starters.

Andy Katz at ESPN.com also has his list. Georgetown #5, Louisville #6, Marquette #13 and Pitt #14:

The Panthers lose big men Aaron Gray and Levon Kendall but add Dejuan Blair, who might be another under-the-radar superstud coming to Pitt. The Panthers return the core of their perimeter as well as their wings and Jamie Dixon quite simply doesn’t lose too often. This team will move quicker, play defense perhaps a bit tighter and will not lose too many, if any, home games. Expect the Panthers to be in the thick of the Big East race.

It’s going to be hard to claim Pitt is being disrespected going into the 2007-08 season at this rate.

Nice story about a kid who will be a walk-on at Pitt.

[Craig] Sedunov, a four-year starter who played linebacker and various offensive positions at Yough, plans to walk on and attempt to play defensive back for the Panthers. He turned down offers from Clarion and Glenville (W.Va.) State.

“I don’t like the people at Penn State, and I’m just not a West Virginia fan,” Sedunov said. “I grew up liking Pitt. That’s why I want to play for them.”

The 5-foot-8, 185-pound Sedunov plans to begin attending classes June 25, because he wants to get with the team as soon as possible.

Sedunov will be playing in the Foothills Football Classic this weekend.

This weekend will also be the Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association East West All-Star Football Game in Altoona. As usual, there will be plenty of players not participating because they were in the Big 33 game or simply because they have already enrolled at their college.

Maurice Williams out of Erie who will be a freshman at Pitt will be participating, but plenty of others are declining.

Donte Harden, who played with Williams at Strong Vincent High School, has already enrolled at Miami of Ohio. Meanwhile, Myles Carragein, Greg Gaskins and Dan Matha, all of whom will be incoming freshmen with Williams at Pitt this fall, also have pulled out of the game for various reasons.

Just, please, don’t get hurt.